for Anna Scotti poet and YA author - scroll downHere's my NEWS! A New Weariness has been selected for Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2025, editors Otto Penzler and John Grisham! This my third time 'round for BMSY, and all three stories feature my "librarian on the run" character from Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine. Thank you, editors and EQMM readers! Down&Out Books will release" the Ellery Queen "librarian on the run" stories as a collection in June! It's Not Even Past (titled after the eponymous eighth story) will include the first nine stories from Ellery Queen, and two new stories, never before published! Pre-order info coming soon! Smoke, an essay about my sister Marcy, was published in the last-ever issue of the venerable Chautauqua Literary Journal, and the new, revamped journal will include my poems, Kanawha Street and Philadelphia! On Blackpoint Road, my screenplay based on the original short story published in The Saturday Evening Post, was a finalist for the CLAYMORE COMPETITION at KILLER NASHVILLE! It's Not Even Past was selected a finalist for the Derringer Prize! It's Not Even Past was selected for "Best Mystery Stories of the Year (2024)" by the Mysterious Press, and the anthology has received a RAVE REVIEW from Kirkus! Available in October! |
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